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Brand profile
Mac Duggal
American eveningwear label known for hand-beaded gowns, cocktail dresses and prom styles in regular, petite and plus sizes.
Burr RidgeOrigin
WomenswearFocus
Quiet luxuryStyle
$$$$Price
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What to know about Mac Duggal
Built for the red carpet
The line is occasion-only: hand-beaded gowns, sequined column dresses, cocktail styles and jumpsuits, worn by red-carpet, pageant and prom clients.
Still independent and family-run
Founded in 1984 by New Delhi-born Mac Duggal and run from Burr Ridge, Illinois, it grew from ten dresses without outside ownership.
Two price doors, three fit ranges
The Ieena diffusion line, started in 2015 by the founder's daughter, sits below the main collection, and gowns come in regular, petite and plus sizing.
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Brand facts
Mac Duggal is an American eveningwear house founded in 1984 by New Delhi-born designer Mac Duggal and headquartered in Burr Ridge, Illinois. It began with ten dresses and now spans multiple lines, including the Ieena diffusion collection launched in 2015 by the founder's daughter. Signature pieces are hand-beaded gowns, sequined column dresses, cocktail styles and jumpsuits, offered in regular, petite and plus sizing, plus handbags. The label remains independent and family-run, sells direct and through Bloomingdale's, Nordstrom and specialty prom retailers, and dresses red-carpet and pageant clients.
- Founded
- 1984
- Origin
- Burr Ridge, United States
- Made in
- India
- Price
- $$$$
- Focus
- Womenswear
- Facts checked
- August 2026
- Styles
- Quiet luxury, Y2K, Avant-garde